单词 | bell end |
释义 | bell endn. 1. a. Music. The flared end of a trumpet or other wind instrument, opposite to the mouthpiece. Cf. bell n.1 6b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > [noun] > parts generally > end bell1806 bell end1826 1826 Harmonicon Jan. 12/1 Fig. 4 is a kind of trumpet-oboe, or an oboe, with the bell end of a common trumpet joined to its extremity. 1874 W. Chappell Hist. Mus. I. ix. 267 The bell-ends of certain pipes. 1959 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 12 27 The blowing end has in any event been painted maroon to distinguish it from..the bell end. 2006 T. Herbert Trombone 25 The mute reduces the radiating area at the bell end of the instrument where the air escapes. b. An end of a rod, pipe, tube, etc., which is flared or curved like a bell. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other parts of pipes bum1570 nipple1574 rider1728 shoe1770 nose-pipe1787 tack1823 box valve1833 bell end1851 taft1877 taft joint1891 pipe ear1905 spud1905 1851 F. Fitzclarence Man. Outpost Duties 117 Bind three ramrods firm together with the copper wire about two inches from the small ends, and then spread the bell ends out. 1898 A. P. Folwell Sewerage xiii. 293 The other pipe-layer meantime supports the pipe at the bell end and shoves it home. 1965 Pop. Mech. Jan. 33/1 My gutter downspouts enter drain tiles and the concrete cap in the bell end of one of the tiles has broken up. 2002 D. A. Willoughby et al. Plastic Piping Hand-bk. vii. 9 Installers must be sure that the spigot end of a pipe is not inserted too far into the bell end of a pipe. 2. An enclosed extension from the main living space of a tent, typically having a rounded shape. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other parts of tents booth-cloth1552 side pocket1761 mudwalling1905 bell end1919 1919 Anthropol. Papers Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 14 66 The tents..may be described as A-tents with bell ends. 1963 Camping (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 6 A bell end may be added to a wall tent, this gives room for storage of kit. 1986 Today's Guide Apr. 32/3 (advt.) This popular..patrol tent has been further modified. The bell end at the rear has been replaced by a straight end wall. 1994 Camping Mag. Jan. 17/2 The ‘vestibule’, as the Kiwis call what used to be a ‘bell end’, isn't massive, but will house a couple of sacks and a stove. 3. British coarse slang. a. The glans of the penis. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > glans penis heada1400 nut1565 glans1650 knobc1890 bell end1961 cockhead1964 dickhead1969 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1079/2 End,..Glans penis; mostly in compounds: bell-end, blunt end, red end. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 5 Feb. 26 He marshals an endless pudendal parade of motts, minges and bell-ends. 1998 Guardian 14 July (Features section) 16/1 The gaffer's a tolerant man, but if there's one fing he won't stand for, it's having some two bit nonce like you tugging his bell end. 2008 J. Dunthorne Submarine 59 There was a man with thrush; it gave his bell-end a kind of polka dot pattern. b. A foolish or contemptible man or boy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > male cock robin1633 Oscar1918 dildock1935 bimbo1977 himbo1988 knob-end1989 bell end1992 1992 Re: West Bromwich Albion in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet news group) 28 Sept. Perhaps you are referring to that infamous collection of bellends known as w.b.a. (win bugger all). 1998 K. Sampson Awaydays 33 He nods over at Christy, Hardy, Kev The Man and Baby, all bolly-eyed, all savagely drunk. ‘Them bell-ends. Been caning it down The Bwyton all afternoon, calling all sorts.’ 2004 D. Black Darkness ‘Talking’ 25 Then it became fashionable and when that dies out we'll still be here behaving like bell ends. 2008 Guardian 31 Mar. (G2 section) 5/1 Clearly, no one's ever taken them aside and said, ‘Er, you sound like a bit of a bell-end here. Perhaps you ought to sit down and be quiet.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1826 |
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